Natural enemy responses and pest control: Importance of local vegetation

Biological Control

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Thomson, Linda J ^a   Hoffmann, Ary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coccinellids; Landscape; Light brown apple moth; Parasitoids; Pest control; Remnant; Shelterbelt; Spiders; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; COCCINELLIDAE; EPIPHYAS POSTVITTANA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 71649116040     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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